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Holidays put more pressure on school kids
DUBAI/SHARJAH — As a mark of respect and mourning, schools have been closed for a total of 17 days following the announcement of the death of the late president, His Highness Shaikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan.
For parents, keeping children occupied during the ‘unexpected break’ has become a Herculean task. Many others, whose children were in the process of taking examinations, are at a loss due to the sudden closure of schools. While most schools had finished the monthly tests and examinations, several others had to halt the exams midway.
Several parents said that they had to think up plans to keep their children ‘usefully’ occupied. Says Farheen Alam, a working mother of two: “During the summer months, there are at least the summer camps so the children are pre-occupied. I have to think of a strategy to keep them busy as well as not let them lose out on their studies.”
Several other parents were worried about how schools will re-adjust the syllabus to make up for the loss during the holidays. “I think that the school will now pressurise children by giving them more homework so that they can make up for the missed days,” said Kamal Shah, parent of 10-year-old twins. “This will instead put pressure on us,” he added. Mr Shah also said that he was considering enroling his children for some short computer courses where they could learn at play.
Many other parents also said that the best options they had was to enroll children in useful short courses so that while they work, they could be assured that the children were not whiling away their time. “We are all grieved at the sudden death of a great leader. The announcement of holidays is also a bit sudden. Though we will be working tomorrow (Sat), children will have to be kept busy. But I still haven’t made plans on how to occupy them through till Eid,” said Afsheen Ahmed.
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